Out-of-bounds Write Affecting grpc package, versions <1.2.5-1+nmu0


Severity

Recommended
0.0
critical
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.55% (81st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN14-GRPC-11744901
  • published10 Aug 2025
  • disclosed14 Apr 2017

Introduced: 14 Apr 2017

CVE-2017-7861  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-787  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:14 grpc to version 1.2.5-1+nmu0 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream grpc package and not the grpc package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:14 relevant fixed versions and status.

Google gRPC before 2017-02-22 has an out-of-bounds write related to the gpr_free function in core/lib/support/alloc.c.